of whom tossed cigarettes for him to eat, as he did during his time in the army. He still happily responded to being spoken to in Polish, recognizing many of his former unit. Media attention contributed to Wojtek's popularity. He was a frequent guest on BBC television's Blue Peter programme for children. Wojtek died in December 1963, at the age of 21, weighing nearly , and was over tall. Legacy The many memorials to the soldier-bear include a plaque in the Imperial War Museum, in London; a sculpture by David Harding in the Sikorski Museum, in London; and a wooden sculpture in Weelsby Woods, Grimsby. In 2013, the Kraków city council gave permission for the erection of a statue of Wojtek in the city's Jordan Park. It was unveiled on 18 May 2014, the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino. In 2013, the City of Edinburgh Council approved the erection of a bronze statue of Wojtek, by Alan Beattie Herriot, to stand in the city's West Princes Street Gardens. Unveiled in 2015, it presents Wojtek and a fellow Polish Army soldier walking together. An accompanying relief documents Wojtek's journey from Egypt to Scotland with the Polish Army. In 2016 a statue of Wojtek was unveiled in Duns, in the Scottish Borders. Wojtek had been stationed at the nearby Winfield Camp in 1946, alongside Polish troops. The statue was donated by the Polish town of Żagań, Duns' twin town, and was unveiled on 26 April 2016, 72 years after the Battle of Monte Cassino, which involved Polish forces, including Wojtek. In 2017 a street in Poznań, Poland was named after Wojtek. The street, now named Ulica Kaprala Wojtka ("Corporal Wojtek's Street) leads up to the Poznań New Zoo. In September 2018 a wooden statue of Wojtek was unveiled in the Poznań New Zoo, funded by Krystyna Wieczorek, the author of a Polish book about Wojtek. In May 2019 a marble statue of Wojtek was unveiled in Cassino, Italy. See also History of Edinburgh Zoo List of individual bears Poles in the United Kingdom Polish Armed Forces in the East Polish Armed Forces in the West Polish Resettlement Corps Wojtek Memorial Trust Winnipeg (bear) References Further reading External links WOJTEK: The unusual Polish soldier that drank beer and went to war. A group supporting and publicizing historical projects around the world. Site devoted to preserving the history into which Wojtek